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Do not copy or place this tutorial or graphics on any other site,
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Thank you.

For this tutorial you will need the following:

  PSP 8 trial version:  Download here.

Super Blade Pro trial version:  Download here.

Blade Pro bevel_soft preset:  Download the zip here.

Visman Filters:  Download the zip here. 

Gradient:  Working_Man_Shirt:  Download the zip here.

Blade Pro:  unzip and place in your PSP plugin folder.

Blade Pro bevel_soft present goes in your PSP Plugin > Environments and Texture folder.

Visman Filters:  unzip and place in your PSP Plugin folder.

Working_man_shirt gradient:  unzip and place in your PSP Gradient folder.

Open a new image with these settings:

1. Flood fill with a color of your choice.  I am using #DOBDE9.

2. Go to Effects > Plugins > VM Toolbox > Grid and use these settings:

3. Next use the Magic Wand with a setting of Tolerance 10, Feather 0,  and
click on one of the squares and go to Select > Modify > Similar Selections and
now all your squares should have 'marching ants'.

4. Change your fill color to gradient and choose a gradient of your
choice...for this one I am using working_man_shirt with these settings: 

5. Flood fill each column with your gradient.  Now go to Effects > Blade Pro > bevel_soft preset with these settings:   

Deselect.

You should have something similar to this: 

6. Now open a new 200 X 200 image and repeat Steps 1-4.

Deselect.

7. Add a new Raster layer and flood fill with white #FFFFFF.  Active your
Layer Palette  and lower this layer to 50% opacity.  Go to Layers > Merger>
Merge visible.  It should look something like this:

9. Now activate your 150 X 150 image.  Go to Image > Rotate > with these settings:

It should look similar to mine:

10.  Now Edit > Copy > and activiate your 200 X 200 image. 

11.  Edit > Paste as a New Layer and set opacity at 30%.

12.  Go to Layers > Merge > Merge All Flatten as save as a jpeg.  Your finished tile should resemble mine:  

Here are a few more examples of this background tile.

Hope you had fun creating your Easy Diamondtile background tile.  Please feel
free to email me if you encounter any problems.

  This tutorial was created and
is the sole property of ©  2001 JCW Designs.